Dulwich OnView is all about celebrating people and culture in the Dulwich area. Last week we tried celebrating ourselves, for a change.
We’ve just held a successful gathering of the Membership Membership Forum at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
The DOV co-editors gave an extended case-study about why and how we set up this online magazine and why we think it works for us, for the Friends and for Dulwich Picture Gallery itself.
Here’s a snap of us about to present. Left to right are: Alix Slater (convenor of the MMF), Bernard Hunter, standing (Trustee of the Gallery who kindly introduced us), Ingrid Beazley, Steve Slack, Sally-Ann Johnson, Angie MacDonald and Yang-May Ooi (chair).
The delegates at the conference were mostly membership, marketing and development professionals from some of the most prestigious arts and heritage venues in the country. It was great for us that so many turned out to hear our case study and were eager to learn more about what we are doing.
It was also really encouraging for us to have so many people agreeing that what we’ve done is worthwhile. We – the writers of this blog – all left the gallery on Friday feeling really proud of what we’ve achieved as a team of volunteers.
The Dulwich OnView model won’t work for all museums, of course. The Gallery is unique and as a result so are the Friends and this magazine. But we certainly hope it was food for thought for those who attended.
Well done us. A great big pat on the back. We’re also filled with enthusiasm for the future as well. 2009 is going to be a great year for Dulwich OnView.
Laying down the challenge
In the meantime, we’ve issued an invitation to all the delegates who were there last week – have a go at blogging yourselves. If you want to try blogging, but are perhaps a bit nervous, here’s your ideal opportunity.
Take a look around DOV, find out more about who we are, take a look at our submission guidelines and then write us something for the online magazine. It could be about your visit to Dulwich Picture Gallery last week, your perceptions of south London, your thoughts about the Saul Steinberg exhibition – anything relevant to our aim of celebrating people and culture in the Dulwich area. If it’s relevant, we’ll post it on the blog and include links to any specific pages on your site you’d like. You could then link back to us as we can all be friends online as well as in real life.
Go on, give it a go.
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